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		xnx 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subti... > Today we consume twice as much energy as we did in the 80s Who's "we"? Worldwide we've gone from 4.4 tons/person to 4.7 tons/person (7% increase) from 1980 to 2023: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita?t...

simgt 8 months ago [–]

Energy consumption, not CO2 emissions, 90TWh in 1980 to 180TWh now: https://ourworldindata.org/energy-production-consumption

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